Last night I went with my friend Katie to a rapid fire lecture event at the Baghdad Theater on Hawthorne called Ignite Portland. The concept is fairly simple, 21 speakers, each with 5 minutes to speak with the aid of 15 slides, each of which last only 20 seconds. The speakers ranged from a rant about the prejudices girl gamers face in the MMO world, to why composting is so great, to the discernment of plastics in design (my favorite). The plastic talk was by Portland designer Carl Alviani, and is worth a watch. If you like High-density polyethylene, or think silicone is sexy…
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